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AIM: Were the 1960s successful in improving African American lives?
Civil Rights Movement: a mass popular movement to secure for African Americans
equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of US
citizenship, as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
Civil Rights Act of 1964: a landmark piece of civil rights legislation [law] that
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Voting Rights Act of 1965: a law passed that outlawed the limiting of people's
right to vote, such as literacy tests and poll taxes which had traditionally been
used against black voters in the south.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963): The purpose of the march was to
advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. At the march,
final speaker Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Estimated 250,000 attendees. Movimiento de derechos civiles: un movimiento popular
de masas para asegurar a los afroamericanos igualdad de acceso y oportunidades para
los privilegios y derechos básicos de la ciudadanía estadounidense, tal como lo
garantiza la 14ª Enmienda.
Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964: una pieza histórica de la legislación [ley] de
derechos civiles que prohibió la discriminación basada en la raza, el color, la
religión, el sexo o el origen nacional.
Ley de Derechos Electorales de 1965: se aprobó una ley que prohibió la limitación
del derecho al voto de las personas, como las pruebas de alfabetización y los
impuestos electorales que tradicionalmente se habían utilizado contra los votantes
negros en el sur.
Marcha en Washington por el Trabajo y la Libertad (1963):El propósito de la marcha
era abogar por los derechos civiles y económicos de los afroamericanos. En la
marcha, el orador final Dr.Martin luther king jr, entregó su "Tengo un sueño
Discurso. Estimación de 250.000 asistentes.
As you watch the video, take notes and generate questions. Nearly a century after
the end of the Civil War and the dawn of reconstruction,
African Americans still found themselves fighting for their basic rights as
Citizens.
The modern civil rights movement in the mid-20th century finally secured them.
Most historians actually date the start of the formal civil rights movement to
Brown versus Board of Education.
Brown really Stokes the fervor of the nation then in December of 1955, Rosa
Parks decided as an act of resistance that she would not give up her seat to a
white man on the bus.
Rosa Parks deliberate Act of resistance led to a bus boycott that thrust into
the Limelight a young preacher with a PhD.
He would become one of the movement's most charismatic leaders.
His name was the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the most iconic moments is the March on Washington in 1963, led by
Martin Luther King Jr 200,000 people Converge on the nation's capital to
rally for civil rights they come United in one cause.
“one day right back in Alabama a little

black boys and black girls will be able
to join hands with little white boys and
white girls and sisters and brothers
I have a dream”
This becomes visualized on the news and begins to change the way that Americans
are starting to think about the Civil Rights Movement.
As the Civil Rights Movement attain greater visibility,

it was often met with increased brutality and violence, get in the midst of so much
sacrifice
and heartbreak the work of civil rights activists began to bear fruit.
In 1964, president Lyndon Johnson signed the Rights Act of 64 9 2D to desegregate

businesses and government employment, and then in 1965, President Johnson signed
the Voting Rights Act of 65.
The passage of the Voting Rights Act was a Monumental victory for African
Americans.
Tragically, just three years after it was passed, Dr. King would be assassinated.
Many feel looking back that the movement died that day, but in fact, the movement
took on new
forms and continued.
And it must continue today as important victories such as the Voting Rights Act are
under attack.
Until we deal with the fact that the backlash is often made possible not just by
the other side growing in power, but by those who claim to care about equality
losing their own resolve, there
will be moments of this cycle happening over and over again.
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AIM: Were the 1960s successful in improving African American lives?

He would become one of the movement's most charismatic leaders.

“one day right back in Alabama a little

As the Civil Rights Movement attain greater visibility,

In 1964, president Lyndon Johnson signed the Rights Act of 64 9 2D to desegregate

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